# EU TED Public Tenders (Official Publications Office API) (`vhsgreed/eu-ted-tenders-api-fresh`) Actor

EU public procurement notices from Tenders Electronic Daily via the official, keyless TED Search API v3. Search by keyword, buyer, CPV codes, country and publication date. Title, buyer, dates, CPV, place, value estimate, notice URL. $0.50/1k tenders.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vhsgreed/eu-ted-tenders-api-fresh.md
- **Developed by:** [Karl Sundström](https://apify.com/vhsgreed) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 33.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.03 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EU TED Public Tenders (Official Publications Office API)

> Independent tool, not affiliated with the EU Publications Office.

Extract **EU public procurement notices from Tenders Electronic Daily** via the official, keyless TED Search API v3. Search by keyword, buyer, CPV codes, country and publication date. Get title, buyer, dates, CPV codes, place of performance, estimated value and the notice URL — a live pipeline feed for anyone selling to the public sector. No API key, no login.

### Why TED Public Tenders?

- 🎯 **Feed your tender desk** — new notices matching your keywords, buyers and CPV codes, in one dataset.
- 🏛️ **Official source** — data straight from the EU Publications Office API, not a scraped aggregator.
- ⏰ **Never miss a deadline** — deadline dates and publication dates on every notice.
- 💶 **Size the deal** — estimated value and currency where published.
- 🇪🇺 **All member states** — filter by place of performance (SE, DE, FR, …).

### Use cases

Bid/no-bid pipelines for suppliers · market intelligence on public buyers · competitive monitoring by CPV code · procurement journalism and research

### What data you get?

| 🏷️ Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 🆔 noticeId | Notice UUID |
| 🔢 publicationNumber | TED publication number |
| 🧾 noticeType | Notice type |
| 📄 title | Notice title |
| 🏛️ buyerName | Contracting authority |
| 📅 publicationDate / deadlineDate | Publication / deadline for tenders |
| 🧭 cpv | CPV codes |
| 📍 place | Place of performance (NUTS/country) |
| 💶 valueEstimate / valueCurrency | Estimated value (where published) |
| 🔗 noticeUrl | TED notice URL |

### How to use

1. Add the actor to your Apify account and click **Run**.
2. Enter a `q` keyword, `buyerName`, `cpv` codes and/or `placeOfPerformance`.
3. Set `publishedSince` (days back or ISO date) to scope the window.
4. Set `limit` (default 10, max 1000) and export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### Input

```json
{
  "q": "medical equipment",
  "cpv": ["33140000"],
  "placeOfPerformance": "SE",
  "publishedSince": "30",
  "limit": 100
}
```

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `q` | string | Free-text query against notice full text | — |
| `buyerName` | string | Contracting authority name substring (e.g. `Region Stockholm`) | — |
| `cpv` | array | CPV codes, e.g. `33140000`; comma/space-separated strings also accepted | — |
| `placeOfPerformance` | string | ISO country code, alpha-2 or alpha-3 | — |
| `publishedSince` | string | Days back (e.g. `30`) or ISO date (e.g. `2026-08-01`) | all time |
| `limit` | integer | Maximum notices returned | 10 (max 1000) |

### Output

```json
{
  "title": "Supply of medical equipment for Region X",
  "buyerName": "Region Example",
  "publicationDate": "2026-08-14",
  "deadlineDate": "2026-09-15",
  "cpv": ["33140000"],
  "place": "SE",
  "valueEstimate": 2400000,
  "valueCurrency": "SEK",
  "noticeUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/..."
}
```

Value fields appear only where the notice publishes them.

### Support

Questions or missing fields? Open an issue on the actor page or contact the developer via Apify.

### Authentication

TED now issues API keys from the [TED Developer Portal](https://developer.ted.europa.eu)
(Manage API Keys). The actor reads the key from the `TED_API_KEY` environment
variable and sends it in the `X-API-KEY` header. Set it under the actor's
Environment variables in the Console.

Requests without a key still returned 200 on 2026-09-10. The actor logs a warning
and falls back to keyless when `TED_API_KEY` is absent, so the integration keeps
running but may stop without notice when the Publications Office enforces keys.

# Actor input Schema

## `q` (type: `string`):

Free-text query against notice full text, e.g. 'medical equipment' or 'hospital renovation'

## `buyerName` (type: `string`):

Contracting authority name substring, e.g. 'Region Stockholm'

## `cpv` (type: `array`):

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, e.g. 33140000 (medical equipment). Also accepts a comma/space-separated string.

## `placeOfPerformance` (type: `string`):

ISO country code, alpha-2 or alpha-3: SE, SWE, DE, DEU, ... Notice place of performance is filtered to this country.

## `publishedSince` (type: `string`):

Days back (e.g. 30) or ISO date (e.g. 2026-08-01). Default: all time.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum notices returned (default 10, max 1000)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "q": "medical equipment"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `notices` (type: `string`):

Dataset of TED tender notices. Fields: noticeId, publicationNumber, noticeType, title, buyerName, publicationDate, deadlineDate, cpv, place, valueEstimate, valueCurrency, noticeUrl, source.

## `noticesJson` (type: `string`):

Full dataset items as raw JSON.

## `runView` (type: `string`):

Inspect this run, its logs and storages in Apify Console.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "q": "medical equipment"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vhsgreed/eu-ted-tenders-api-fresh").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "q": "medical equipment" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vhsgreed/eu-ted-tenders-api-fresh").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "q": "medical equipment"
}' |
apify call vhsgreed/eu-ted-tenders-api-fresh --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vhsgreed/eu-ted-tenders-api-fresh"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/QxpJnarMVBEJJDOlR/builds/dBes0E7fzFo7vSPnn/openapi.json